Moving down the slope of Kalihi’s plain
The Poʻaihale winds blow gently

The energy of the electricity causes
Us to slip and slide on the inclines

Source: The Brothers Cazimero Album - Hawaiʻi's
first public transportation, in
the spring of 1868, was the Pioneer Omnibus Line, a horse-pulled
vehicle.
Hawaiian
Transway,
Ltd. started 4 mule-drawn trams in December,1888. The company became Honolulu
Rapid Transit & Land Company or HRT, in 1903. Pacific Heights Electric
Railway
Co., Ltd. introduced electric streetcars in 1900. The fare was 5 cents.
HRT began bus service in 1915. The trolley buses ran until spring, 1958.
Translated by Larry Lindsey Kimura